Grandmaster (GM) Le Quang Liem has leaped up two places to make his first appearance among the world’s top 20 chess players on the live chess ratings website, 2700chess.com, following the conclusion of his campaign at the recent Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in England. Grandmaster Le Quang Liem The Vietnamese star disappointed fans in the opening rounds of the tournament with his five draws and only two wins against lower-rated opponents, which saw his elo rating drop by 11.8 points.However, Liem then produced a stunning comeback in the latter part of the tournament, taking three consecutive victories to reclaim 10.6 elo points and make the shortlist of the top seven performers overall with 7.5 points each.Due to his inferior auxiliaries, Quang Liem was disqualified for the knockout stage, which was open to the four players who reached a top score of 7.5 and had the best auxiliaries. The final showdown was between the tournament’s top two seeds, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. They drew the two scheduled rapid games and again in the first blitz game. Finally, Aronian managed to win the second blitz game to clinch the overall victory.GM Quang Liem left the tournament with an elo rating of 2735.8, which was enough for him to climb to 20th position in 2700chess.com’s world standings. This is a historic milestone for Liem himself and for the Vietnamese chess as a whole, as for the first time ever, a Vietnamese chess master has cleared a path into the world’s top 20… [Read full story]

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Nhan Dan Online - Vietnam's top chess player Le Quang Liem moved up the ladder two spaces to 27th in the world rankings with an Elo of 2717, according to the World Chess Federation. Lien held this same Elo rating but ranked 25th in the world in September 2011. Liem's climb came as a result of 4 Elo points gained in the 2013 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival held in the UK last February and a championship title at the 2013 HD Bank Cup International Open Chess Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City from March 19-24. He is now in preparation…... [read more]

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has risen seven places in FIDE’s world rankings for men in August. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Top Vietnamese chessplayer Le Quang Liem has risen seven places, from No 30 to No 23, in FIDE’sworld rankings for men in August, his top ranking so far.Healso recorded his best Elo rating, improving from 2,726 to 2,739 this month,reported Ha Noi Moi newspaper on August 2. The Elo rating system is a method forcalculating the relative skill of chess players. [Vietnamese grandmaster finishes second at Danzhou chess event] His previous career best ranking was No.25in September 2011…... [read more]

His Elo rating also jumped from 2712 to 2726, the best Elo rating in Vietnamese chess history. (The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in competitor-versus-competitor games such as chess).Liem won the international chess tournament, HD Bank 2017, held in HCM City and the College Final Four held in the US.His career best ranking was No 27 in April of 2013.Other Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Tran Tuan Minh ranked 149th and 524th in the world, with Elo ratings of 2623 and 2534, respectively.... [read more]

Nhan Dan Online - Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem has fallen to the 46th spot in the FIDE men's world ranking for November with an Elo rating of 2,703. The slide comes on the heels of a poor performance at the recent 2013 Spice Cup Open in the United States, where he failed to defend his championship title, finishing in third. In the Asian ranking, Liem stands in seventh after Anand (India, Elo 2,775), Wang Hao (China, Elo 2,737), Wang Yeu (China, Elo 2,736), Wesley So and Ding Liren (China), and Hari Krishana (India, Elo 2,704). In the women's…... [read more]

Nhan Dan Online - Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has jumped 10 positions to world number 38 in February's FIDE rankings, following his stunning performance at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship last month. Quang Liem recorded four wins and one draw, helping his team - Texas's Webster University - claim its first ever Pan-American championship title and adding six points to his previous Elo rating of 2703. Liem is currently studying finance and banking at Webster. He is registered to compete in the 2014 HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament in Vietnam next month. Norway's Magnus Carlsen…... [read more]